The Sun. — London, England, 1838-07-25 00:00:00

R.IN A 1;-')'-').1;,ALIA. Yesterday evening an entertainment was given at the Albion Tavern Aldersgate-street, to John Hutt, Esq., the newly app o i n t e d Governor of the colony of Western Australia, previously to his departure, by a large party of the friends of the colony. At seven o'clock the Chair was taken by Lord WORSLEY, supported on his right by the guest of the evening. Among the gentlemen present we observed J. Stephen, Esq., of the Colonial Office, Sharp, E.eze, and J. Irvine, Esq., the Earl of Lovelace, Wm. Butt, Esq.. M.P. ; Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Sir J. Ornmaney, Gordon Gardner, Esq., Rowland Hill, Esq., Richard Norman, Esq., Borradeile, Esq., J. Barrett Lennard, Esq., C. Mangles, E slie General Sandwith, John Wright, Esq., W. M. 'Tames, Esq., D. Wakefield, Esq, J. F. Maubert, Esq., Montefiore, Esq , Dr. Babington, T. Bland, Esq., L• Samson, Esq., Major Bizant, Rzy. Dr. Way, &c. &c. The cloth having been removed, and " Non nobis Do hie" having been sung by the glee singers, Messrs. Haw- LeY, Willing, and Ransford, and Master Ransford, The CHAIRMAN said that the first toast which he had to propose was that of her Majesty the Queen.—(Loud ehsera.) He thought that it would be most respectful to her Majesty, knowing how high she stood in the affections 'ef her people—(Cheers)--not to preface this toast with one remarks ; he would, therefore, content himself . with prop os i ng, w i t h t h ree t i mes three—the on ly toast which he prop osed should be so honoured— " Th e h ea lth o f her Ma jesty the Queen."—(Cheers, with three times three.) Air---" .sod save the Queen." Ti,e CHAIRMAN said that the next toast was the Queen D owager, and he was sure that he was only expressing a "aliment which was shared by them all, and generally . by the conntry, when he hoped that herajesty would enjoy better health than she had lately done; he would, there give " The Queen Dowager, and better health to er."--.(Cheers.) Glee—" See the chariot at hand." Th e CHAIRMAN next. gave " The Duke of Sussex and the rest of thu Royal Family."—(Cheers.) He thought that it was not too much to say in a meeting of that de , kription which was convened for a purpose likely to bene fit th e i r f e ll ow - creatures t h at t h ere was no person a who , uu 're esteemed, there was no one who had degrea;aer .'lerifi ces , there was no one more forward in exercisin g charity than the Noble Duke.—(Cheers.) It was, there fore, • , with great pleasure that he propose d his Royal 1-11,,0.h - 11 ess's health coupled with that of the rest of the Royal eamily.—(Loud cheers.) His Royal Highness had been on all Occas i ons t h e most promieent in forwarding by his miente, every institution which was calculated to benefit Rapport society, and promote the happiness and prosperity of the country.—( Cheers.) Sang. Mr. Willing—" The wandering boy." Th e CHAIRMAN next gave " The Army and Navy." General SANDwITH, as an officer in the Ea s t I n di a Company's service, and as no officer of the arm y was pr e sent, begged to thank the company for the honour done to that branch of the public service. The efficient services of the army had been on all occasions acknowledged with prid e , and he was sure it would . maintain the high repu tation for bravery and discipline it at present so deservedly enjoyed.—(Cheers.) Captain COGAN briefly acknowledged the compliment Paid to the Navy. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of an honour able and amiable Nobleman, one who was liked by all his a cquaintance, and who was more immediately connected with the meeting that day ; he alluded to Lord Glenelg. (Loud cheers.) His Lordship had taken a deep inte rest in the prosperity of the colony of Western Australia; and if there were no other claims on the part of his Lord: 811 iP to the good feelings of the company, he was satisfied t han that circumstance alone Would ensure for his Lords s hip'. name a cordial and hearty greetin g .—(Cheers.) Mr. S TEPHEN , on the part of his Noble Friend and luPerior (Lord Glen4g), begged to express the Noble 'Lord's gratitude and his own for the toast which had been Proposed. He regretted that his Lo,rdship's presence in t he House of Lords prevented his attendance there that "'ening, especially as the Noble Lord would have ex- Prr'ssed, muc h b e tt e r than he could do, the thanks for the kindness which they had shown. He was sure, however, that no one cou ld b e without n earhisL i o n r t : L l ,r s e hstofal(Cheers i.— .) feeling the _ lieitud e which he had for the 11e would be disposed, having said thus muc h, to sit do wn , n ot b e i ng the senior in the department to which he he lm, A to ; but he was unwilling, seeing so many gentlemen a th e room, to d o so w itho u t saying a few words on the ? e hiect w hi c h h a d br o ught them together that day. The English cus t om o f di scuss i ng impottant questionsin a social Meeting was attended with one disadvantage ; it had a con siderable tendency to make those who spoke appear as ego tists, for, meeting at the festive board, they could not resist feelin g that they were talking in the midst of friends. He 'ould say, h owever, in spite of this difficulty that he had o for ' near l y a quarter of a century had the honour of being in the service of the public in the Colonial-office, and he was neither unw illi ng nor ashamed to acknowledge that in the long course of years he had seen reason to re tract many of the opinions which at the commencement of that period he had entertained, and among the opinions Filial he had felt bound to retract were those on the sub eect of t h e colonisation and improvement of the vacant and Uncultivated territories of the British empire.—(Cheers.) The opi n i on which he had at first loosely taken up had ce ,e° e adopted by mny Honourable Members and espe e7 by the em i nent person un d er w h ose i mme di ate aus- L ee s the Colony of Western Australia was formed. Any . 1 7,, s art who had the honour of acting as he bad done With Sir George Murray, either in his military or civil carer George feel jealous of that Honourable Baronet's :arteur, On the great quesins weh divided the in the St ate h e (Mr. Ste p phen) had endeavoured, se ee • :', r . as possibl e , to ta k e no part; an d i t was not, r ,.,: [ , More, as a politician., but as the head of a particular re '" of the public service of the country, that he wished eae 'Peek of Si r G eorge Murray—(Cheers)—and he would eo Y ou e that the singleness of pu r p ose , th e z e a l f or hi s coun t r y' s e l enr the uprightness and integrity of his conduct, and the sin to peoetration, u n d erstan di ng , a d orne d as it was by a B ars ar 'grace and vigou r o f manner w hi c h that Hon. evron On cp et displ a yed, made him regret that he had arrived at a (eke e conclusi on upon any great pu bli c quest i on , an d h e ese Steph en ) was sure that i f S i r George Murray were pee e n . , t would. ackn ow l e d ge th a t he was in error in op- W es ; th e fundamental principle on which the colony of :::eru Australia was established.--(Cheers.) Hating a 11'et.territot; not acquired by purchase, but by gratuitous e e , or land, this colony had been for a long course of fete placed in embarrassments and difficulties which Loenewouldi have been able to , contend with, and which ;via, ri l ,' 4 u more bravely and successfully contended But it n whilst had these colonists.—(llear, and loud cheers.) let „he corrected the error of Sir George Murray, sveste ens V e , e supposed that the grants of land upon the . deration °„` made by him, were given without a const enote ; ,and wore given at a time now comparatively re the ere . n u he re might, therefore, venture to say, even in oLntsent e amPany, that the public were placed at that Preto, 4.l "ne dewier ; there was serious reason to ap e eore a ir. o that if the country were not immediately .. colonized, ' s er er , en nation would take possession of it, and great stet 's Were therefore made to cause people to resort to Ito:stern Australia, for the purpose of anticipating and th e ' t tiog that calamity ; grid if, in the urgency of the case, : 0 , P e e was some want of a sound policy in the mode of pro ;teging, he thought that all would he candid enough to that there was some extenuation for the error int o e , • e 4 Sir George Murray fell.—(Cheers.) The diffieul we-; however, which the colonists had had to contend with, th e : s uch as but few would have surmounted ; and crowded • O u this cou n try now was w ith fo re i gners , a nd anxious tha t to admit their good qualities, he might yet say wined e t hmight that no raceof men except the Anglo-Saxon hav e -„„ v e been able to surmount these difficulties—would giv en r e s et'ered under such disadvantages—would have o r e r ,, "len S ubmission to the law—would have shown such i n an d co -0 eration t a distance from England, and a re P a this ra mote part of the world, as a small portion of er e " bed carried to Western Australian, and over beli,,eo(hstructions which, to almost any other race, he Ali Eon Would have been insurmountable.—(Loud cheers.) teleeveglishnian went about the duty with a consdousness whi ch was able to perform it, and in a mood of mind with Teen er aey might fancy the early' Patriarchs of the Jewish - e l ent the land of Canaan, not as an isolated people, D oste 72 . t y ticipeting the advantages they would afford to se e " e l e t and which raised their minds to the dignity of (Cheers.atiny to which Providence had called them.— n e e eei,nd This was the principle which actuated our own I/ "tss to the Engl4sh leavin g their homes went to remote and delillsly the foundation s of mighty empires with dignity ^x , , deli beration, and of which he declared, without ecg zers e on be deemed that nation alone capable.— Although the people of this country went to tyt,._distan 'limes, they looked before them ; they were ani- Ic e ." with the prospect of founding an enduring happiness at, eitu re p n r lterity. Few, however, ip th e colonies had time to . ss to publi c i nterests, which ie England f orme d t h e than almost ea ery man, and tie consequence was there wa s not that public spirit which existed at hoaae ; thetir o _ colonists were too much occupied with the Pt - procuring the first necessaries of life, and in reie9rrnang- their domestic concerns, and thee, i;.‘erefore, wit :w es on tire Go vernor more cares than in'this wintry tlw e ast upon th e G overnment, and imposed upon t in t,ultter which no S overe i gn and no Administration ereerric and ever laid with respect to the affairs of this a nd which he t ruste d t h e peop l e of this country 4 1 ° 4 1 , I never be di spose d to leave to the exclusive To t he , al env Mittistry.—(C r i es o f " Hear, hoar.") reewers Govern or of W estern Austra li a was confided a Ueli as " Sovere ign enjoyed in that country. It was said that what was everybody's business was nobody's business ; but in the Colonies what was nobody's business , and yet everybody' s was es p ec i a lly the Governor's ; he was obliged to think for every . one in public concerns ; there was with him a most severe exercise of the understanding, • and a continual call upon his kindness of heart.' There fore it was that he (Mr. Stephen) more deeply and from the bottom of his heart rejoiced' that the ardour and re sponsible duties of this situation in Western Australia were about to devolve upon one who was anxious for the pros perity of the colony, and he was delighted to see the power conferred upon such a person.—(Cheers.) F was sure that he only spoke the sentiments of the Noble Lord in the the chair, and of all who heard him, when he said that he was certain that they and the country at large would re joice at the choice which her Majesty had pleased to make ; and he would only add, looking at the many c ares the gen tleman they had met that day to honour would have to un dergo, he hoped to see him return to the land of his birth with health in nowise lessened, with spirits unbroken, and with his fame justly established as a benefactor to that part of Australia in which this colony was situated.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the new Governor, who would no doubt feel that whilst discharging a great public duty, he was doing also a great public good —(Cheers)—and who would consider only how he might enable those now in the colony, and those who might come after, to live happily, comfortably, and prosperously, and that when he came home he might point with satisfaction to a flourishing colony, now but little known, but to which public attention was becoming awakened. He was sure that success would attend those who joined him in the co lony, that the new Governor would feel; that while dis charging arduous public duties he was doing a great public good ; but whilst he expressed this confidence he would caution all against supposing that they colud go to Western Australia and readily make money without labour, or that those who could not live well in England could prosper in idleness there.—(Cheers.) He was sure that Mr. Hutt would make a cautious, a humane, and an excellent Go vernor, and therefore he proposed his health.—(Cheers.) At the present moment public attention appeared to him to be a good deal directed towards the Western Australian colony, and when he looked around him and saw the meal schemes that were on foot in the shape of foreign loans railways, and other speculations for the purpose of absorb. ing and employing the redundant capital of that country. he could not help feeling that much of it might be ad vantageously and profitably laid out in the colonization and improvement of the vast tracts of land belonging to thi. country in Western Aussralia.—(Great cheering.) He was unwilling to hold out delusive hopes to any party, but he conscientiously believed that the chances of success were very great in favour of all those who with capital and industrious habits emigrated to Western Australia. The GOVERNOR, in returning thanks, said that his feel ings nearly overcame him, and he believed that he would best show them by merely thanking the Noble Lord for the kind manner in which he bad proposed, and the gen- tlemen around him for the kind manner in which they had received, the present toast.—(Cheers.) He thought that most likely he would show his own prudence best, and trespass on their patience least, if he said thus much, and no more ; hut it was usual that those who held the situa tion he had the honour to occupy should declare their sen timents. His own were short and simple. He believed that a Governor in all his proceedings should be amenable to public opinion, that fie should watch carefully and zealously over the interests, but that he should interfere as little as possible with the actions, of his fellow-subjects.— (Cheers.) In saying, this,. however, and in endeavouring to act upon this declaration, he would only be follow ing the example of his predecessor, carried into effect under the most trying circumstances—an ex ample which it would not be easy to imitate. which it would he difficult to equal, and which it would be impossible to excel.—(Cheers.) They had heard the Hon. Gentleman on his right most ably expatiate on the difficulties which the colonies had undcrg•.ne, on the temper with which they had been met, and the success which had attended the labours of the colonists ; and allow him to add, that, jud.ting from the settlers whom he had ' had the pleasure of meeting, he believed that when he ar rived at the colony, he would find persons both willing and able to assist him in the fearful and arduous task which, as Mr. Stephen had stated, was placed on his shoulders.— (Cheers.) He was happy to see also, by the gentlemen who then surrounded them, that others interested in different colonies were evidently anxious for the success of Western Australia ; thus evincing that they would, he could not say sink, but obliterate all paltry differences, well knowing that the prosperity of one colony 'advanced the prospe- . rity of all—(Cheers)—and that they were only rivals in their endeavours to benefit to the utmost of their power the distant possessions of the Crown—(Cheers)—which Were destined one day to become its brightest ornaments. Did the first settlers - in Virginia, did the founder of Penn sylvania, did the first emigrants to the New World, ever contemplate that prosperous race of millions, who should form an assistant, though independent State, to the mother country ? and who, looking into futurity, could not esti mate for a colony, based as this was, a still more fortunate success? It was still within the memory :of man—many yet recollected the day when the first ship parted from England freighted for Sydney, or, as it was than called, New Holland—they all recollected that it was then and for manyyears considered the refuge for the outcasting of society —that it was thought to be so totally separated from the rest of the globe, that it was fit to send. there the essential villainy of our gaols—that felons, expelled from their nativo soil, should there pass to the grave " unheeded and un known ;" but now what was the aspect it presented ? From the 26th to the 34th degree of Southern latitude, it teemed with an industrious population, and had such traffic as to baffle all previous calculation.—(Cheers.) Only that morning a paper had been put into his bands by a gentleman then present of much interest, but he would only read one portion. In the year 1820 the quantity of wool exported was only 99,0001b5., but in 1827 it amounted to 7,ooo,ooolbs.—(Cheers.) And if such had been the results under the system which bad been adopted in Syd ney, might they not anticipate similar results on the western shores of the same island with a better plan 2—(Cheers.) With a climate, which indeed it possessed only in common with the general portion of that country, but which was scarcely equalled for salubrity and mildness, where disease was scarcely known, with a soil generally fertile, and always well watered, with a coast possessing innumerable harbours for shelter, with a sea abounding in produce, and, indeed, possessing advantages which the other parts had not, within a few days' sailof Eastern Africa, of 'tire Cape of Good Hope, of Madagascar, and other eastern islands, with approaches under every wind, he never looked at the map but it struck him that it. must some day be the seat of a flourishing people, and that there was a wide field indeed for capital and enterprise.—(Cheers.) The spirit of emigration had gone forth, the stream was di- rected towards Australia—he wished he could say towards Western Australia.—(Cheers.) He hoped, however, soon to see the stream there. It was for them to take advan tage of it, and so to direct the stream with wisdom and judgment, that it would be impossible to calculate the re sources of that country. In the midst, however, of their undertaking, they would remember that they had other objects to attain and to look to besides their own interests. They in a distant land would look up to England as the land-mark by which, in the tide of time, they should steer their course ; they would consider that others had the deepest claim to protection, and that they ought to assist in their well-being. They would consider that they were responsible both here and hereafter for the prosperity of the aborigines.—(Cheers.) It was a difficult problem to be solved, whether civilized man could exist in the colonies without the extirpation of his savage brother ; but he was sanguine as to the results.—(Cheering.) He, however, was sure that they might lavish trouble and money, but that nithout the light of Christianity to il luminate their path, all would be found dark and dreary. —(Cheers.) With this declaration of his sentiments he would go forth to redeem the savage with humanity, and to conduct to a prosperous issue his undertaking ; and then, if ever the day should arrive when the mighty em pire of England should come to an end—if ever this mighty metropolis should become the Pompeii of the modern world, he trusted that fame might yet gather up the history of the rise of Western Australia as the br4;htest jewel in the annals of British enterprize and industry, and that future ages might point to our colonies as a proof of our virtues and our power.—(Cheers.) He would add no more, but would simply thank them for the honour the had conferred upon him.--(Loud cheers.) Mr. S. B. LENNARD proposed the health of the late Go vernor of the colony, Sir James Stirling. That Hon. Gentleman had earned for himself the respect and grati- ude of the colonists for the devotion he had manifested to their interests while presiding there.—(Hear, hear.) Much, however, as they regretted the loss of their late Governor and friend, still he would congratulate them on the appointment which just been Made - , for he was satis fied from Mr. Hutt's general knowledge of colonial affairs, and personal acquaintance with the wants and habits of the Australian colonies, he was one of the fittest persons that could be selected to succeed Sir James Stirling. Mr. MANGLES briefly returned thanks on behalf of Sir James Stirling, alluding to the prosperity of the colony, to the success of his relatives, civil policy, and assuring them that nothing but his duty to his family led him to leave the colony. Glee—" Awake, /Bolian lyre." • Sir THOS. LENNARD said, that five years ago he had proposed, and that now he had much pleasure in again c.y.l!ing upon them to drink " Success to Western Australia, and to the efforts of the gentlemen interested in it." Mr. IRVINE returned thanks. Allusion had been made by Mr. Stephen to the difficulties which the colony had bad to contend with, hut he was 'happy to say that most of these had been surmounted, and many evidences of increasing orosperity were rapidly presenting themselves. He said that already was the whole fishery in the colony of so much importance, that it had attracted the attention of the Ame ricans. A Bank hail also been established, and in connec. tion with it a Savings' Bank—(Cheers) —and he believe( that the colony was capable of being made most flourishing if they could only direct to it the stream of emigration He was sure that it was the best place for investing capital and if gentlemen around him would send out under their own eye the surplus population existing on their estate: at home, they would be able to benefit all parties. H( elneluded by giving as a toast, ‘.‘. Success to the Colonia Society." Mr. SHARP returned thanks on behalf of the Member: of the Society, eulogising the conduct of the new Go vernor, whose integrity of conduct, active. business habits. and fortitude, had been amply displayed in his discharge of the office of treasurer to the .Colonial , Society, and he was sure that he would' receive the reward of the tribunal to which he had appealed—public opinion; and that he would in nowise disappoint the hopes of his friends, however san guine those hopes might be.—(Cheers.) Although the progress of the Society had not been so great as its friends might have wished, still much good had been effected by it, and there was much of encouragement as to its future operations. He regretted that it was about to lose the valuable services of Mr. Hutt. They hoped, however, they might still retain him as a corresponding Member of the Society ; and, in return, they wished him and the colony over which he was sent to preside, health and prosperity. Mr. WILLIAM lIeTT said—Gentlemen, I now call upon you to fill a flowing bumper to the health of our Noble Chairman. lam anxious that all possible honour should done to the toast, not merely because the Noble Lord, it much personal inconvenience to himself, consented to nreside on the present occasion, but because having known aim some years, I am aware that he possesses a far higher title to the affection and respect of his countrymen.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord was always the first to promote and foster, and the last to abandon,'any project for the public enqd, or whi c h w as ca l cu l a t e d t o i mprove t h e con di t i on o f his fellow -creatures.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord had, at an early period of his life, throwing aside those frivolities which had so many attractions for men in his high station, devoted himself to the welfare of his country, and Thad pursued a course which would eventually, from the judgment, talent, and discretion which be evinced, rank him high among the distinguished benefactors of his country. —(Loud cheers.) The toast was drank with three times three and all the honours. Lord WORSLEY returned thanks. Although he had been at first tempted to call his friend, Mr. Hutt, to order for having violated the rule laid down of avoiding all cheer ing, still as he felt that it was intended as a compliment to himself, he could only say that he felt very grateful for it, although he was aware that nothing he had done could merit the flattering encomiums passed upon his con duct. He bad not at first paid so much attention as he .night perhaps to have done to this colony ; but he ac counted for it, because, as he had for five years represented a county in which there was fortunately employment for all the labourers, he had not been required to attend so much to emigration—(Cheers)—but he had much pleasure in promoting by his presence that day the success of an un dertaking which, on consideration, 'he thought to be well calculated to benefit all classes. . . Glee—" Bells of St. Micnael." Captain MANGLES proposed the health of Lord Love !ace, and the other gentlemen who had taken an active part in promoting the success of the undertaking. The Noble Lord, he believed, bad devoted much time and mo ney to the promotion of education and information among the poorer classes. Although personally unconnected with the colony of Western Australia, the Noble Lord, with a philanthropy which (lid honour to his heart, came forward . to aid the undertaking by his presence, and that was one of the strongest assurances they could have of its ultimate success.—(Cheering.) The Honourable and Gallant Gentleman here alluded to the hardships and incon veniences sustained by the colonists 9 or 10 years ago, when provisions were extremely high, and indeed all the neces saries of life. In proof of this, be instanced the common cabbage, which sold .at half-a-crown per head. He also read some extracts from a Western . Australian paper, lately received, to show the improvements that had lately been effected in the colony. Lord LOVELACE returned thanks for the compliment, and expressed his anxiety on all occasions to promote the success of this and other similar undertakings. Some other toasts were afterwards given, and some ex cellent songs sung by the professional gentlemen present. The festivities of the evening were protracted till near midnight, all parties appearing highly delighted with ,the flattering prospects of the new colony. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 183 R ALARMING DISTRESS IN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS. Extract from a Minute of the Shetland Destitution Com mittee, Lerwick, 9th July, 1838. " This Committee grieve to find that the majority of the London Committee should have departed from the proposal to which they had unanimously assented, of sending one of their members to inquire into the truth of the reports from Zetland, and that they should persist in discrediting, or in af fecting to discredit, the authenticated evidence laid before them, directly, by Mr. Barclay, when lately in London; and also the report of the Aberdeen Commitee, establishing the fact that deep and extensive destitution pervades the Zetland Islands, in consequence of the almost total failure of the crops, and the partial failure of the fishings last year. This Committee are also bour,d to record their conviction that if the London Committee refuse to send further supplies to Zet land, the consequence to tte many thousands of destitute per sons in these islands must be deplorable, and may prove fatal, while the London Committee will not only be guilty of a trio teflon of the pledge given to Mr. Dundas and Mr. Barclay, but will also involve themselves in the guilt of violating the trust reposed in them by the subscribers, and the provincial Committees, who furnished them with the funds, for the express and sole purpose of supplying the destitute with the necessa ries of life. The reports from every parish in Zetland shew that the destitution is so extensive that the five hundred and sixteen bolls of meal, expected from Aberdeen, cannot carry the starving part of the population through more than one fortnight, and if some mf ans of obtaining extraneous aid for them be not obtained till the rising crops are available, there appears no human probability that the lives of those will be preserved; who cannot subsist exclusively on gray-fish and shell-fish, while the supply even of these must depend on the state of the weather and other circumstances over which man has no controul." Extract of a Letter from the Rev. T. Barclay, Chairman of the Shetland Committee, to Frederick Derides ; Esq.,M. P.: " I am deeply grieved at the information contained in your favour of the 3d instant. You are a witness that Dr. Brown's proposal to send a memberef the Committee to Shet land was unanimously acceded to before you left the room ; and as Dr. Crombie had declined going, it was intimated to me at the close of the meeting that the Committee had agreed to meet again on the following Tuesday to fix on the individual to be sent. You are also a witness that it was unanimously admitted thal. to the extent proposed in the Report of the Aberdeen Committee (3,000/.) they were bound to grant relief. Yet it now appears from Mr. Nisbet's communication to you that they have resolved to make no inquiry them selves, and not to credit the reports either of the Aberdeen Committee, or of the Local Committees in Shetland, and con sequently to grant no further supplies. They are well satis fied in their own minds that if they do enquire they will find the destitution so deep and extensive, as to require a large portion of the funds which they have probably destined to a different object from that fm• which they were intrusted to their charge by the subscribers. " Our Committee earnestly beg that you will continue your benevolent exertions on behalf of the starving people ,• and they think it would be advisable to bring the London Com mittee to a point at once' by requiring them to state de cisively whether they intend to grant any further aid. If they refuse, fortnight; so to temporise, you are earnestly intreated to apply to the Treasury for a grant to save the people's lives. remit r r do e me a e s mn : u wehxpoerectethdefrnotineal Aberdeen, divided, sustain longer so that allowing a week to elapse before this supply reaches the suffering districts, by the end of the month, there will be nothing to mitigate the famine. Is y s, ociooaono Committeeel b .r e too p f prevailed en a o lsrAee own wde u rn p nd o nea n eepnep t o focit i o n ho tmtemei Committee t r t te,eeieobtrhe and e ra y so nt s hv h oe o rrui either ztldoo sacabeelTes Commissioner t b u o t i e l s amonghourl y a s Extracti inquiry." i ry. inspect the islands. There is nothing we court so earnestly " Of a letter from the Rev. Thomas Barclay to a f t friend in London, dated July 16 :—" The cod-fishing has tstalt T hehl ne h eatodo e hnAde utterly failed. Some vessels have not caught more than seven in a week, and many under fifty. The statement of one smack's fishing for a week, which has been published, is a deception. The nurnter delivered by the vessel in question was a fortnight' s fi s hi ng o f several vessels, whose catch was carried to the curing station by one. I sincerely hope the London Committee will yet relent, for from all the accounts I receive from the suffering districts, I am persuaded that if sup plies do not soon come from some quarter, the grave will fur. wish evidence of the famine." SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS We know nothing, for a length of time, which has given us so much unalloyed pleasure as the passing of " the Na tional Loan Fund Bill," last night, in the House of Lords. It is not surprising that this should be the case. Upon public grounds we defended, nay, strenuously advocated the measure —we continued to do so, opposed by a portion of the Press, which was inimical to it, either through igno rance of its provisions, or f rom some worse motive. We must confess that, owing to such ungenerous attacks we should not have been disappointed bad the passing of the Loan Fund Bill been delayed ; how great, then, must be our delight at the circumstance of its having passed both Houses of Parliament triumphantly. Now that the Bill may be said to be the law of the land, we have only to repeat what we have, so often before deliberately stated, that it will be one of the greatest blessings ever conferred upon that class whose interest has hitherto been completely neglected in institutions bearing some resemblance to this—we mean the class whose daily labour is its only capital. Never before Las any institution attempted so fully to embrace the working class in its arrangements, or offer anything like the same advantages to those who, more than all others, re quire the attention of the, philanthropist and patriot. One step has been gained, but much remains to be done throughout the empire. Every well-wisher to his fellow men must investigate the scheme, and, having proved its value, must lend it his support.--Morniny Advertiser. The numerous attendance at the fete given for the Poles at the Beulah Spa on the 13th instant, has led to very exaggerated ideas respecting the benefits accruing to the Refugees from that entertainment. We learn, how ever, from an authentic source, that after allowing for all deductions, the proceeds will ,only afford to those Poles who ar e not relieved by Government, in number about 200, the pittance of a few shillings weekly for the next two months. We applaud the spirit of those who, under these circumstances, have set on foot a second fete for the same purpose, which we see announced for the 30th inst. The most distinguished English singers, following the example of th e Italian artists, have generously volunteered their ser vices on the occasion, and a long list of patronage, of per sons of the first fashion , and of all opinions, shows' the runi versal desire to stretch out the hand of friendship to thes e p suffering exiles. We cordially wish success to the under taking. iltariseaewng a oargkeodin it, and which, if p roper l y sup ported,philanthrophy w hi c h d oes h onour to ee all td w, will i effect certain amount of real practical good. But it is not by such means that the two hundred Poles can be effectually assisted ; our Government ought to step in, like that of France, and render such repeated, and, after all, inadequate, exertions on the part of individuals unne cessary. We are not without hope that it may be so when the estimates come to be voted on Friday next. —Times. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 24. SCARISBRICK V. ECCLESTON. i n late April, p A r l i r i ~ Lord th e willLy n Lyndhurst u therst Th i s was a n appeal from the decree of Si; J. Leach, when 1835. The each of who w had hic hthhreeelefltarqtoe heisstattheiseeinsoLmanrceasspheicrtei—vetlyhe. e . E s set c : c tr i c i e s :b t r i n n k estate, the Wrightington estate, and the Eceleston affirmed arose y o f to him was to go to the next son, and in case of his death to and on the death of any of them without issue, the estate given' Master ofthecießeosltliso,n go to the next brother, &c. All the sons of the testator died without issue, except one, Charles (still living), who had the Eccleston estate, but, on the death of of his two elder brothers, ,succeeded to their estates. His sisters, in the events which happened, filed their bills claiming, by virtue of the shifting of Sira .% clause, to be entitled to the Wrightingtou and E cc l es t on es t ::oLweamehovd was s t i o n reversetheir favour. v t he decree our. of the Master of the Roil s . Th e consequence is that Charles te s. The Loin p decree ciiA NcE L t Scarishrick is entitled to three estates. Ordered accordingly. COU . -RT OF CHANCERY JULY 24. STOCKEN V. STOCKEN. This was an appeal from a decree of the Vice-Chancellor. It was argued before Lord Brougham in 1833, but his Lord ship retired from office without giving any definite opinion on the question, arid it was again argued before the present Lord Chancellor in November last. His Lordship now gave judg ment. The bill had three objects in view. The plaintiff's bad a claim under the settlement made on the marriage of their Parents ; they had also a claim for payment of rents and profits received by their father, and they moreover sought to establish their title to take under their father's will. His Lordship observed that there could be no doubt that a power wa s retained 'of disposing of property,by will, and the will m ust be held to be established. His Lordship added, he was quite confident that the Vice.:Chancellor, in his judgment, made the same declaration with respect to the maintenance of the children, although in the decree it appeared otherwise. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Juzr 24. THOMAS ROGERS'S BANKRIIPTCY. The adjourned examination of this bankrupt, who, it will be recollected, on a former occasion stated that he had been robbed of 12,000 sovereigns, came on to-day: Alderman T. Wood appeared on behalf of a bankrupt named John Jones, to prove against the estate of the bankrupt Rogers, under an order from Sir C. Fletcher, for 7781. 17s. 10d., being the a mount of moneys a moneys, bills, &c., received by Rogers as trade to th e b an k rupt estate of Jones. The bankrupt then stated that his friends were willing to pay his debts and obtain his release ' • when it was agreed that the claim should b e a d m i tted for the present, and the money be paid into Court, to abide the ultimate decision. The bankrupt exhibited much anxiety to obtain a speedy release from his confinement, and it is expected that he will be liberated in the course of to-morrow. After some further preliminaries the examination terminated. The debts due by the bankrupt amount to between 4,000 i. and 5,0001, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 24. The SPEAKER- took the Chair at the usual hour. Mr. BALL (the Attorney-General for Ireland) and Dr. STOCK were introduced by Lord MORPETII and Mr. Fox Alarm:, and took the oaths and their scats for Clonmel and Cashel. DEBTS OF OFFICERS—ARMY AND NAVY. Sir E. CODRINGTON rose "to bring before the House the petition of Wm. Boyce, late of the Royal Navy, of which he had given notice, in consequence of a statement made by the Hon. Member for Liskeard, that in no case whatever were the pecuniary private transactions of officers interfered with. Lord G. SOMERSET submitted to the House that it-was not right to snake any statement of this kind. The SPEAKER said that no person out of the House had a right to reply to that which was stated within the walls. Capt. PECHELL apprehended that it was not the petition but the observations of the Gallant Admiral which were now ebjected to. Sir E. CODRINGTON wished that the case should be fully understood by the House. If an officer borrowed money to fit him out fOr the service, the authorities thought it right to secure the repayment through the means of that officer's pay. The petitioner stated that he set out as a surgeon; that at the peace he fell into difficulties, and in the course of time his debts became such that he was put into prison, went before the Commissioners, became bankrupt, and delivered up the whole of his property. The Commissioners on looking over the accounts, seeing that he had given up the whole of his pro perty, meant to release him. The petitioner then stated that upon the representation of the agent, which - the petitioner considered to be a gross misrepresentation, the Admiralty had struck hint off his half-pay. He had applied several times to be reinstated, but" without the least effect ; and he had therefore nothing further to do than to lay his case before the House. He thought the offi cers of the navy bad been most improperly dealt with, and he trusted, therefore, the House would take the subject into its most serious consideration. Mr. C. WOOD could not allow the statements of the Gal lant Admiral to pass without observation because he had mixed up two matters that were totally distinct. He had mixed up the punishment inflicted by the Admiralty, and the inter ference with private concerns. The reason why Mr. Boyce was struck off the list of the navy was, that in the opinion of the Admiralty, he had been guilty of swindling. The Ad miralty thought if such were the case he was a disgrace to the Navy, and therefore they adopted the course they did. Captain PE C HEL L deprecated the course adopted. The SPEAKER said the question was a very grave one, and ought to be discussed in a regular and proper manner. In justice to other gentlemen whose names were down for the presentation of petitions, the subject could not then be gone into. - Sir E. CODRINGTON then gave notice that he would call the attention of the House to the subject on the first Sup ply night. 'Mr: RICH presented a petition from a Wesleyan Congre gation in Knaresborough, complaining that the servants of the East India Company were obliged to attend upon idolatrous worship. Mr. A GLIONBY presented a petition, signed by 300 owners of small cottages in Birmingham, in favour of the Recovery of Tenements Bill. Mr. HINDLEY presented petitions from Stockport, in favour of the Ballot, and in favour of Rowland Hill's plan of Post-office reform. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the spirit dealers of Tralee, praying for protection. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from Manchester (we believe), praying for a discontinuance of the sanction given by the British Government in India to Hindoo idolatry. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury against the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspension Bill. On the motion of Mr. FOX MA UL E, the report of the Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was received, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. The Report of the Turnpike Acts Continuance (Ireland) Bill was received. Upon the motion for receiving the Report on the Arms and Gunpowder (Ireland) Bill, Mr. H LIME said that there must be some mistake with re spect to this Bill, as he had received two letters that day ex pressing a hope that he would move that the Bill should be withdrawn, as it was feared it might be attended with evil con sequences. If he understood rightly, the present Bill was only a continuance of the one of last year. The Bill was then ordered to be engrossed. Sir G. GREY moved the committal of the Bill for the ad ministration of justice in New South Wales. Mr. H UAI E said he had not seen the Bill, and he therefore wished to know what its object was. Sir G. GREY said it was the same as the Bill of last Session. After a few observations from Mr. HUME, the Bill passed through Committee. The Report of the Committee on the Constables on Public Works Bill was brought up. LIGHTHOUSES (GIBRALTAR) BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill. Clauses 1,2, and 3, were agreed to. On Clause 4 being proposed, Mr. HUME objected to the tax of one shilling upon all vessels passing Gibraltar being imposed. This country allowed 250,000/. for the support of Lighthouses, but the expence of the Lighthouses did not exceed 60,000/. or 70,000/. The remainder went into private hands.-4 Hear, hear, hear.) It was said it %%Ai applied in pensions to captains and seamen by the Trinity .Huu, :e . if it were neces sary to apply such a sum in pensions, it ought to go under the proper head.—(Cries of " Heir, hear, hear.") Th e com merce of the country was.already very much taxed. This clause was just adding to the evil of giving to an irrespon sible body like the Trinity House additional power.— (Cries of " Hear, bear.") He would ask the Honourable Gentleman at the Head of the Board of Trade on what prin ciple it was that they proposed to extend the power of the Trinity-house to Gibraltar. No Government but a Whig Government would seek to,give such pt.v.ets to a ,el -elected body like the Trinity House. He should move the exclusion of the clause altogether. Mr. WA RBURTON said the Trinity House Lad come worst out of the inquiry on the subject of lighthouses. Why, then, was it to be selected for the purpose of superintend. ing the Gibraltar liglithou,e ? The Ballast Hoard in Ireland and the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners went upon the regular and proper principle of apportioning their revenue to the actual cost of the lighthouses. Let one of these Boards sthen be chosen. He should support the mo tion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Kilkenny. Mr. O'CONNE L L put in a claim on behalf of the Irish Ballast Board, (of which he was a member,) for that Board bad conducted itself best of any. It had diminished the taxa tion on the public, and its members asked no remuneration for their services, thus standing in proud contrast to the Trinity House. Mr. P. T OMP S ON—This was not the time to discuss the rival merits of their Lighthouse Boards. The Trinity House had been proved before the Lighthouse Committee to have conducted itself with great propriety ; and a Bill had been passed last Session, giving it additional powers. He did not think the Board deserved the censure which had been heaped upon it. Now with respect to the clause in question, his Hon. Friend had asked why put this lighthouse under the Trinity House ? The reason for doing so was because Par liament decided two years ago that lighthouses should be put under that Body, and the proposal now made was merely fol. lowing out the precedent laid down in the case of Heligo land. His Hon. Friend then objected to the toll, and said there was a surplus revenue at Gibraltar. If so, it was car. ried to the account of the public, and therefore paying this charge out of the surplus revenue, would be nothing more than making, a charge on the public of the sum necessary to keep up this light.--( Hear, hear.) His Honourable Friend in this was contending for die principle of all lights being paid by the country, on which principle the House did not agree with him. The Hon. Member said this was a mere trifle. He (Mr. Thompson) was perfectly aware of that. The country had erected the lighthouse, and all that was re quired was a small sum for the annual expense of maintaining it. The shipping interest was willing to pay these dues, and he had introduced the Bill at their request and with their sanc tion. He hoped the House would agree to the charge in the manner he had suggested. Mr. WALLACE, as a member of the Committee two years ago, begged to remind the Hon. Gentleman that it was then understood that in case any new lighthouse we e built they were not to follow the track of the Trinity 'House. He wished to know what was to become of the surplus in come of Gibraltar—was it to go into th e coffers of the Trinity House? It was monstrous to collect a revenue in the shape of lighthouse duty, under the name of charita ble purposes. Mr. HUM E said that Gibraltar, since its capture, had been a free port, and the effect of the Bill would be to destroy its being so. He would put it to the House whether, for the sake of a paltry shilling, it would adopt such a clause. He wished to see the lighthouse erected, but he thought its erection should take place at the expense of the surplus re venue se.of Gibraltar or th e surp l us revenue of the Trinity Hou Mr. P. THOMSON denied that the toll proposed by the Bill would have the effect of injuring commerce. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared_.. For the clause For the amendment Majority —7O The claus e was t h en agreed to. The remainder of the clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed. Lord J IRISH POOR-LAW BILL. OHN RUSSELL then moved the Order for the House taking into consideration the Lords' amenclintnts to the Irish Poor-law Bill. PEUSTAN EXPEDITION. Sir STRATFORD CANNING wished to ask a question on a subject of great importance to the commercial inte rests of the country. He understood that an expedition, composed of several armed vessels, with 500 or 6CO men had sailed from Bombay to the Persian Gulf. The only two places to which the expedition could proceed belonged to the Schah of Persia, and an expedition against them might place us in a state of hostility with Persia, He was desirous of knowing, for the interests of the trade of the country, whe ther the expedition was likely to bo attended with that conse quence? Sir J. H OB HOU S E said it was undoubtedly true that a small expedition had sailed, in consequence of ti despatch re ceived from the Governor-General of India by the Governor of Bombay, stating reasons which made the Governor-General Of India think it advisable to send such expedition. It was sent for the protection of British interests in central• Asia, iw • consequence of the state of that part of the world. Sir S. CANNING inquired if the expedition was, merely for general purposes, or had a specific object? • Sir J. HOBHO USE could give no other answer than he had already given. LABRERS. Sir R. PEEL wished INDIAN to ask th O U B e e President of the Board of Control whether the Governor in Council in India had corn plete authority to prevent the conveyance of the natives of India fur the purpose of being employed in the West India settlements ; and if not, whether it was the intention of Government to pass an Order in Council forbidding such conveyance for the period of two years, or any other defi nite period. Sir J. C. HOB HO USE said, 'in answer to the two ques tions put by the Right Hon.. Baronet, he had no hesitation iu saying—it was his opinion at• least--that there could be no doubt whatever that the Governor-General had_ the power adverted to by the Right Honourable Gentleman. He and the Council had the power of making laws for India. and nothing could upset those laws but their abrogation by the Home Government. With respect to the other question he bad to say that in consequence of the view taken by her - Majesty's Government it was the intention of the Court of Directors to lose no time, but forthwith to issue an order for the purposes mentioned by the Right Hon. Gentleman. . Mr. G. PALMER then rose to make the motion of which he had given notice. Mr. P. THOMSON apprehended that the Hon. Member was violating the orders and understanding of the House its persevering- in his motion. The SP EAKER said the motion could only ha brought forward on Supply days. After a short discussion, Mr. Palmer gave way. IRISH POOR LAWS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL having moved the Order of tbe Day, for the consideration of the Lords' Amendments to the Irish Poor-law Bill, The SPEAKER said. it was his duty to state to the - House what - had taken place relative to these amendments. It was usual when amendments were proposed to be made tendiog to touch the ' privileges o f t h e H ouse to con sult the Sp ea k er on the sabject. The amendments which had been made had - been laid before him, and his opinion asked—his answer was that he did consider them as contrary to the rules of the House. The Bill was introducing a great novelty in the laws of Ireland, and it was, therefore, in his opiniOn,' neces sary that they should not press the strict rule, otherwise they would take from the House of Lords any power of considering laws of such importance. There were two . precedents for considering these amendments ; they were the cases of the English Poor-law Bill and the English Municipal Bill, and very probably the House would think the reasons now pressing as valid as upon those occasions. As a general rule he thought the roles and privi leges of the House were best secured when not too far stretched. He had done his duty, and it remained with. the House to take what step it pleased in the matter. Lord J. RUSSELL said that no doubt the rule which the Right Hon. Gentlenian had stated did materially affect the consideration of this question. There certainly were amend ments introduced which went fully into the question of rating and the disposal of money ; but he hoped the House would consider them as amendments intended rather to further the, object of the House of Commons in the Bill which it sent up. That Bill had been adopted after very great consideration, . and its provisions had been agreed to by a great majority of that House. On the third reading of the Bill 234 voted for, and 95 against, the third reading. He wished to bring before the attention of the House the chief of those amend ments, and to ask Honourable Members to give their con sideration to them. On the whole he thought. considering the very great importance of the Bill, the number of provi sions necessary to carry its object into effect, and considering the great diversity of opinion as to the plan to be adopted (even supposing the principle of the Poor-law to be adopted), the amendments made by the Lords were fewer in number and less extensive in principle than might have been expected. There were, however, two or three of sonic importance, and one of which made some approximation to a law of set tlement in Ireland, dividing it into electoral divisions, -the persons coining from each • of • which should he relieved at the charge of his particular division, and not at the charge of the whole Union. He doubted much the effect of this provision, • and feared it would either be inoperative or impracticable. At the same time he could not deny that there was the great est advantage in saying' that certain districts should be liable - to the suppert of the poor of- that district; it would giee rea son for greater vigilance, and supposing that the Union were very extensive, would ensure a better attendance to the wants of the poor than the coneernrof the whole Union. He there fore proposed that the Hon% should agree to this amend_ made by the Lords in this part of the Bill. There were also amendments in a clause relating to medical charities, and also one something in the nature of a Vagrant Act, respect- • ing the desertion of, a wife and child, or of a husband* and father. Another amendment was that which had been mentioned by the Right Honourable Gentleman in the Chair, as one which might probably be considered as • affecting the privilege of that House. This amendment was, the omission of the clause , regarding the 5/.. occupying tenants, and the • substitution of another. - Meording ,to diel , Bill, as) sent up from that Hous e , th e occupying ten ants under 3/. were, in the first instance,-to pay the rates, but had the power afterwards to charge it to the landlords. The House of Lords by striking out that clause had made it neces sary that those persons should pay a rate, at the. same time that they proposed another clause, by which an arrangement might subsequently take place between the landlord and the tenant. The Member for Leitrim (his Noble Friend Lord Clements) was steadily of opinion that the owners of even the smallest property in Ireland should not be positively ex empted from taxation. The House of Lords had taken a simi lar view to his Noble Friend. With regard to this amendment he ( Lord J. Russell) did not think it was one which should, give rise to a difference of opinion between the two HOUSCF, and therefore he proposed that it should be agreed to. Con sequent upon this was a clause regarding the scale of . voting, which he should afterwards call attention to ; as likewise to the schedule which he would propose to simplify; reducing it from twelve to six columns. Having stated his views regarding the general alterations made by their Lordships in the Bill, he should only say that he did not think that they went to imputo the principles established by that House, and that he saw toss. thing to induce them to refuse to consider and items the r,reater portion of those amendments. - There was another, 'alteration respecting the officers in Dublin. He should thr,refore move that these amendments be read. Upon the 11th clause being read, Lord J. RUSSELL said he should propose to add to the words conferring power upon one of the Commissioners in case of the absence of the other, the words " with the appro bation of her Majesty's principal Secretary of State," and strike out, in a subsequent part of that amendment, the words " acting in Ireland." Mr. G. PALMER objected to the powers given to tl-,,y. Commissioners by this clause. The Commissioners here, 'act ing under the Secretary of State, might receive all thr:Ar in formation from Commissioners sitting in Ireland, and, acting under the controul of the Lord Lieutenant of that country: They would not see with their own eyes, but 'thr oug h the eyes of others. The Noble Lord might rest 'Assured that the public would not be satisfiea that the ComAissioners should be invested with the* exclusive powers coeferred on them ' by this Bill. N.e should oppose the amendment of the:- Noble Lord. After a few words from Mr. O'CONNELL, the amend ment was agreed to. It was then proposed to leave out the words "acting in Ireland." Sir J. GRAHAM objected to this amendment. As the clause stood, it was proposed that those Commiseioners, to whom such large powers were given, were to be resident in Ireland. If these words were left out, that. presumption ) would be taken away. The Commissioners might, if tire change were made, delegate their powers to a Commissioraer who had never been in Ireland, or to some ass i s t ant Coni- " inissioner. Mr. O'CONNELL concurred in t:de s o tw taken by the Right Hon. B aronet , an d d i d not r ,pp rove of the a lt era ti on • proposed by th e N o b le Lord. ' After a short conversation, , • Lord STANLEY sugg,Aed the insertion of the words " provided such Assistant -Commissioner shall b e a t t h e t i me actitig in Ireland," inseead of the words proposed by the . . Noble Lord. Lord J. RUSSELL - posal of the Noble• Lord. The amendmpt'was then agreed to. . . The other amendments were then gone through, seriatim, and, with some slight verbal amendments, the several clauses were agreed to in the shape in which they came down from the other House of Parliament. REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, The ATTORNEY -GENERAL had a clause to intro; duce, respecting which he had consulted the Hon. Member for Aylesbury, who concurred as to its expediency. In bring ing forward the Bill, he wished to move a clause by way , of rider, which would ,obviate all the difficulties that bad been started as to the measurement of distance. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then moved a clause to the effect that the seven miles should be computed by the nearest public way ;- either by land or water. Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the proposed clause, as . , being calculated to injure the rights of freemen. Mr. ROUND concurred in the opinion of the Hon: and Gallant, Gentl eman, and would press the House to 7 division. The House divided, when there appeared— For the clau se 5O .18 Against it Majority The clause was consequently added to the Bill. Colonel SIBTHORI' moved for leave to bring up an amended'elause with regard to the mode by which the admea surement of the seven statute miles shall be computed or taken ir. conformity to the thirty-second section of an Act passed in the second year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth. The clause was negatived without a division, and the BM was read a third time. ECCLESIASTICAL lON APPOINTM ENTS SUSPEN- S BILL. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the House went into Committee on this Bill. On clause I being prodosed, Mr. GOULBURN objected altogether to the Bill. Colonel ;SIBTHO P thought the rights of those parties should be respected. Lord J. R USSELL would give the matter his fullest con sideration. • After a few words from Mr. ikglionby, Mr. Goulburn, and Lord .1. Rutsell, the clause way , agreed to. RYE. On Monday, arrived here from Boulogne, the remains of Mrs. Sharpe, the wife of Hercules Sharpe, Esq., of Oak lands, in this county, which were interred in the family vault at Sedlescomb, with all the respect and atttention the friends and neighbours of Mr. Sharpe were so anxious to show to the memory of a lady of her superior endowments and, kind feelings to all around her. Mrs. Sharpe was the eldest daughter of Sir Anthony Brabazon, and grand-daughter of that distinguished Irish patriot Sir Capel Molyneux, M.P. for the University of Dublin. Besides Mr. Sharpe and his two sqns, the funeral was attended by her only brother, Sir Wm. Brabazon, M.P. for Mayo ; Lord Teynham, who is married to her younger sister; the Hon. Sidney Curzon; the Rev. Sir Godfrey Thomas, Bart.; the. Rev. Mr. Vernon, of West. field ; and it was accompanied by a deputation of some of the most respectable farmers of the parishes of Westfield and Sedlescomb, on horseback. The service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Pratt, Rector of Seddleseomb. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OxFORD, JULY 21.—There will be an election at Corpu3 Christi College, on Friday, August 10, for a scholar, open to natives of Lancashire, Surrey, Hants, Wilts, Kent, Lincoln shire, Gloucestershire, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, and the. dioceses of Bath, and Wells, and Durham - candidates must be under nineteen years of age on the day of election, and are required to present in person certificates of baptism, and marriage of their parents. The Rev. R. B. Cuitois, late fellow of Corpus Christi College, has been appointed domestic chaplain to the Marquis of Queensberry. The Bishop of London has presented the Rev. T. 1-1. Causton, of Christ Church, to the consolidated chapelry of St. Michael, Highgate. The Dean arid Chapter of Westminster have presented the Rev. E. D. Leigh, of Banjo! College, to the perpetual curacy of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, London. The following gentlemen of Winchester School are placed on the roll to fill vacancies at New College, as they occur: Messrs. Littlehales, Cotier, Elli , o i Barter, Lee, \Varner, 'Selwyn, Bathurst, White, Paul, Miller, Austin, Carter, Nor man, Lawrence, Moberly, Bridges, Phillott. PREFERMENTS, &c. The Rev. Florence James Wethered, M.A., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Hurley, Berks, vacant by the death of the, Rev. W. Mayor, D. C. L. Patron, the Hon. Henry Walker. Dr. Adam Browne, of Cambridge, has been appointed to the valuable Living vacated by Dr. Bowstead's promotion to the Bishopric of Sodor and Man. On the 9th inst., the Rev. Francis Jackson Blandy, M.A., was instituted by the Very Rev. the Dean of Salisbury, to the Vicarage of Netherhaven, Wilts, void by the death of Wrn. Williams, Clerk, on the presentation of the Rev. and Wor shipful Francis Lear, B.D. The Rev. Morgan Rice Morgan, late of St. David's Col. lege, Lampetre, to the Assistant' Curacy of Llangyfelach. The Re;r. C. B. Elliott, M.A., to the RectorYof Tatting stone, Suffolk. The Rev. J. G. Bull, M.A., to the Vicarage of Godal ming, Surrey. The Rev. James Thwaytes, to the Perpetual Curacy of Trinity Church, Carlisle. The Rev. W. Boyle, M.A., to the Rectory of Freshford, Somersets.hire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. G. Bythesea. MELANCHOLY CASE.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Buffalo's Head Tavern, New.road, Marylebone, before Mr. Stirling and a respectablejury, on view of the body of Catha rine Caroline Payne, aged twenty-four, who was found drowned in the Regent's Park Canal. Mr, W. Perry, of No. 8, North-street, Lisson grove, florist and seedsmen, had kept company with the deceased for the last three months, and the following Monday was the day appointed for their marriage. Witness saw her last alive on the preceding Wednesday, when she waS in good health and spirits, and spoke with apparent plea sure of their approaching marriage. Witness was unable to account for her committing suicide. He knew of nothing that preyed upon her mind. He had not quarrelled with her, or broken off the match. She had been addressed by another person, but he had been rejected in favour of wit ness. He (witness) considered she was a prudent young woman. Ver dict—Temporary derungement. ANTI CORN LA W A SSOCIATIONS.— A n Anti- Corn Law Association has been formed this week in Kilmarnock, having for its object the repeal of the Corn Laws,' We recommend that every town and village in Ayrshire, where such a Society has not been already constituted, should follow the example. It is no easy matter to bring a whole nation into a state of fusion and ardent communion of thought ; hut when once brought to that point (and this country is far on the road, urged by many practical grievances, not the least of which is the Corn Law), it is no easy matter to direct it away from organic changes. The people will be inclined once for all to put thernse:ves in a position which will enable them to go on with their occupations, without being subjected to a yearly necessity of agitation. Meantime agitation is the word. The Government have taken the initiative in recommending, that, if they will do so in nothing else. The Corn Law is a good ques tion to stir the public mind on, and in the West the machinery of an ex tensive agitation is ready.--Ayrshire Examiner. The manner of drying hay in the Tyrol—and corn, too, in the rare spots where it is grown —produces an agreeable diver sity in the landscape. Instead of being scattered over the meadows, as with us, it is suspended upon bars, arranged one over the other, at right angles, through a stake of about six feet high stuck in the ground. These, when covered with the fragant load, look like green altars erected in honour of Pan, and, together with the fanciful groups employed about them, add greatly to the unwonted and interesting aspect of the scene,—Mrs, Trollope. I • •.. .